Question

A card is chosen from a standard deck, thena month of the year is chosen. Find theprobability of getting a face card and June. use the counting principle to find each probability

Answer 1

1) Gathering the data

1 face card out of one deck: 12 /52

1 month of the year: 1/12

2) In Probability, The counting principle says we can multiply two

events

The question, says the probability of getting a face card

We have 12 face cards in a deck so, using the counting principle:

P( face card and June) = 12/52 *1/12 =1/52